Thaniel has a hard head!

Well, Thursday's hockey practice gave Thaniel a little more than he bargained for... he decided to use his head to hit the ice instead of his stick! He took a bad fall and hit the back of his head on the ice. Although he had his helmet on, he still hit hard, and felt a little dizzy at first. The coach said when Thaniel stood up, he seemed to be a bit in a daze and was leaning to the left when taking the first few steps after standing up. Thaniel decided to still try to finish the drills they were working on, but the coach noticed Thaniel was a bit slow going, and then saw Thaniel walk off the ice. The coach let Kendel know what happened, and they called me. Told them to bring him home. Had two sleeping beauties here at home with me, so he had to come home first for me to check him out before deciding if he needed to go to the hospital or not. Since he didn't lose consciousness or get nauseous, I decided to keep him home and watch him through the night, and if anything changed and got worse, I'd take him in. His eyes hurt and he had a bad headache, so had him use ice and take ibuprofen. He woke up this morning feeling much better, but still had a throbbing headache. So took him in to see the doctor this morning, where she told me he had a minor concussion (which I already knew), and for him to wait to resume playing for the amount of time his symptoms take to disappear from the time of initial injury. Meaning, if he still has his headache until tonight at 9pm, that means he had his headache for 24 hours, and would then have to wait an additional 24 hours before he can get back on the ice. So, he's not too happy about that, because he has 4 games this weekend! He'll be missing Saturday's two games, and we'll see about Sunday. I think he should take advantage of the break and try to relax a little tomorrow, since very rarely does he have a weekend day without a game.

Abby has a gymnastics meet in Sheboygan tomorrow. Wish her luck. She has been improving and working hard. Still struggling a little with her beam and bar routine, but improving at every practice on those two. She has her back handspring down now. She's glad for that.